A nurse prepares a syringe with a dose of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Enfermera Isabel Zendal hospital in Madrid, Spain, July 23, 2021. Juan Medina | Reuters Moderna CEO Step...
Tag: Pandemics
It’s ‘a killer of people and jobs’
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a press conference on December 20, 2021 at the WHO headquarters in Geneva. Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty Imag...
CDC panel recommends Pfizer boosters for 12- to 15-year-olds amid omicron surge
A nurse gives Sherri Trimble, 15, a shot of the vaccine at a vaccination clinic at Health First Medical Centre in Melbourne, Florida. Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images The Cente...
Fauci says multiple preliminary studies find omicron is less severe than delta
NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci addresses the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, January 21, 2021. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters White H...
CDC adds testing guidance to shortened Covid isolation recommendation after facing criticism
People wait in line for COVID-19 testing at Kedren Community Health Center on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. Gary Coronado | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The U.S. Centers for Disease...
Omicron makes up 95% of sequenced Covid cases in U.S. as infections hit pandemic record
At the Covid testing site on Broadway in Santa Monica, the wait was at least 45 minutes long even with an appointment on Monday, Jan. 3, 2021. Carolyn Cole | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images The omicr...
Biden doubles U.S. order of Pfizer Covid treatment pills, speeds delivery as omicron rages
A Pfizer employee checks the boxes containing Paxlovid, COVID-19 treatment pills, at a distribution facility in Memphis, Tennessee, in this undated handout picture. Pfizer | Reuters President Joe Bide...
CDC shortens waiting period for Pfizer Covid boosters to 5 months
UNITED STATES – OCTOBER 4: Hattie Pierce, 75, receives a Pfizer covid-19 vaccine booster shot from Dr. Tiffany Taliaferro at the Safeway on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Monday, October 4...